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A student looking for a book in a school library.

At My High School, the Library Is for Everything but Books At My High School, the Library Is for Everything but Books

The administration has rebranded our library as a communal space for doing almost everything except reading.

Jul 24, 2024 / StudentNation / Jeannine Chiang

Statue of Clarice Lispector at Leme Beach in Rio de Janeiro, 2016.

Clarice Lispector’s Cosmology Clarice Lispector’s Cosmology

To understand the philosophical dimensions of her fiction you must read her 1961 novel The Apple in the Dark.

Jul 24, 2024 / Books & the Arts / Shaj Mathew

President Joe Biden is greeted by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu after arriving at Ben Gurion International Airport, October 18, 2023, in Tel Aviv.

Joe Biden Is Still a Danger to Gaza. He Must Resign Now. Joe Biden Is Still a Danger to Gaza. He Must Resign Now.

Palestine can’t afford six more months of this president. We have to demand that he goes immediately, and then pressure Kamala Harris to change course.

Jul 23, 2024 / Dylan Saba

Voters Cast Ballots In Wisconsin Primary

In Milwaukee, Many Black Voters Aren’t On Board With Either Party In Milwaukee, Many Black Voters Aren’t On Board With Either Party

The city’s abstainers could determine who wins Wisconsin, a critical swing state, this November.

Jul 23, 2024 / Malaika Jabali

President Joe Biden and Senator Bernie Sanders during a 2020 presidential primary debate.

The Illusion of Party Unity in the Democratic Party The Illusion of Party Unity in the Democratic Party

Deference to the leadership of the Democratic Party has come at much too high a price.

Jul 23, 2024 / Norman Solomon

Journalist Hamza al-Dahdouh, Killed in Gaza

Journalist Hamza al-Dahdouh, Killed in Gaza Journalist Hamza al-Dahdouh, Killed in Gaza

At least 158 media workers have been killed since October 7 in Gaza.

Jul 23, 2024 / OppArt / Rosa Borrás

Workers digging a hole to install a cable

Working-Class Americans Prefer a “Hand Up” to a “Handout” Working-Class Americans Prefer a “Hand Up” to a “Handout”

Working- and middle-class Americans take pride in their work. If Democrats want to win their votes, they need to acknowledge and appeal to that pride, not dismiss or patronize it....

Jul 23, 2024 / Column / Erica Etelson

Vice President Kamala Harris stands in the Rose Garden of the White House on May 20, 2024.

Beware the People Who Claim “America Isn’t Ready for a Black Woman President” Beware the People Who Claim “America Isn’t Ready for a Black Woman President”

Even as Kamala Harris consolidates the entire Democratic Party behind her campaign, there will be people telling her she can’t win because she’s a woman of color. 

Jul 23, 2024 / Elie Mystal

Republican vice presidential nominee Senator J.D. Vance speaks at a campaign rally in Van Andel Arena in Grand Rapids, Michigan, on July 20, 2024.

The Tragedy of J.D. Vance The Tragedy of J.D. Vance

Vance could have been a key player in addressing the roots of the opioid crisis. Instead, he went in another direction.

Jul 23, 2024 / Gregg Gonsalves

Guests walk along the beach near the Botel pool on Fire Island in Long Island, New York, 1976.

The Cruel Genius of Robert Plunket’s Gay Satires The Cruel Genius of Robert Plunket’s Gay Satires

His 1992 novel Love Junkie might be one of the tragicomic classics of the AIDS era.

Jul 23, 2024 / Books & the Arts / Kate Wolf

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